Quote Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit
And I suspect a lot of people who voted for the second option are blowing smoke, that they like to proclaim their love for freedom, but when push comes to shove they'll creep back into a position of making excuses for increased government control over our lives.

Or would they take the freedom side on issues like owning guns, much less carrying guns, seat belt laws, smoking in private establishments, land zoning, building permits, health insurance, employment laws and regulations, welfare, etc.?
I voted #1

Fortunately, gun control is an utterly irrelevant issue here, I can't understand why anyone would bother with seat belt laws and I'm against anti-smoking hysteria.

As for building permits, employment regulations and welfare, I don't see them as infringements on freedom at all. Regulations are needed no matter how free a society is, to ensure that one dude's freedom isn't restricting another dude's freedom. Ie. if one guy can build however he wants to, then he could build a huge wall and block out the sun for guy #2, and that wouldn't be very nice to the other guy... Same with welfare, when people are living on the streets and eating dust, they're not very free, so that's why we all need to pinch in a little to ensure that everyone gets a shot at a little dignity...